DHAKA: The solar-powered aeroplane Solar Impulse has completed a three-day flight over the Pacific Ocean.

It flew over San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday evening as it prepared to land in California, the BBC publishes this report on Sunday.

The plane took off from Hawaii on Thursday, where it had undergone repairs for the past eight months after its batteries were damaged during a flight from Japan.

This is the ninth leg of its attempt to fly round the world.

‘I crossed the bridge. I am officially in America,’ said pilot Bertrand Piccard as he flew above San Francisco Bay.

Solar Impulse started the journey last March in Abu Dhabi. The trip has involved two different pilots flying separate legs.

Piccard is to land the plane at Moffett Airfield, located in Mountain View in Silicon Valley.

Winds have delayed the landing.

Solar Impulse gets all its energy from the sun - through the 17,000 photovoltaic cells that cover the top surfaces of the craft.

BDST: 1203 HRS, APR 24, 2016
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